Skilling & Ovals

8 aur postal card with 3 aur oval issue perf. 14 sent from Reykjavik to Leipzig 28 March 1892 stamped by lapidar C2 “REYKJAVIK” alongside Edinburgh octagonal “SHIP LETTER” large letter mark. Overfranked by 1 aur.

Letter sent from Reykjavik to Metz in France 24 September 1902, bearing a pair of 10 aur perf 12 3/4 tied by swiss-type “Reykjavik”, transit Edinburgh and Metz receiving mark on reverse.

5 aur BRJEFSPJALD unsevered REPLY CARD sent from Reykjavik to Oppeln, Germany 19 October 1896, with additional franking 5 aur perf 14 x 13 1/2.

Postcard from Reykjavik 26 October (1901) to Budapest, Hungary. Two oval 3 aur yellow large 3 perforation 12¾ and 4 aur 1901 tied by cds ‘REYKJAVIK 26-10-1901’ alongside cds ‘BUDAPEST 4’ receving mark on front. UPU 10 aur postcard rate from 1.7.1880 – 31.3.1921. Hungary is a scarce destination for mail from Iceland at this time.

Unpaid envelope from Reykjavik 13 May 1894 to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Postmarked LAP ‘REYKJAVIK 13/5’ and circle ‘T’ and charged in pencil ‘25’ Dutch cent with postage due stamp 25 CENT TE BETALEN, and cancelled with ‘AMSTERDAM 20 MEY 94’, backstamped 1-ring ’21 P / EDINBURGH MY18 94’ and receiving cds ‘AMSTERDAM 19 MEI 94 10-12N’. As far as I’m aware, this is the earliest recorded letter from Iceland with a foreign postage due stamp, a great postal history rarity.

German Reply postcard from Reykjavik 30 October 1893 to Goldberg, Schlesia, Germany. Reply side 10 PF REICHSPOST cancelled with ‘S.S. „THYRA“ ‘ line mark in violet ink, on back stamped grotesque type ‘SAUDÁKROKUR 25/10’ and Edinburgh 1-ring cds ‘EDINBURGH NO10 98’ and manuscript ‘Thyra – Reykjavik’, receving cds ‘GOLDBERG *8(SCHLESIEN)* 12.11.93.2-3N.’. A very rare and unusual ship cancellation used on a German DR reply card.

Envelope with pair 10 aur Oval type Icelandic issue sent locally within Copenhagen 30 November 1899. The pair 10 aur oval perforation 12¾ cancelled with cds ‘KJØBENHAVN KKB 30.11.99.3-4E’ framed framed with blue crayon and ‘O=’, charged double 4 øre Danish local rate, due 8 øre by addressee. The letter is sent by the company Thor. E. Tulinius company in Copenhagen, likely the letter was intended to be sent from Iceland, but did not happen, but sent from Copenhagen instead. A very unusual cover with ‘fraudulent’ use of the Icelandic stamps in Copenhagen.

Postcard from Dyrafjördur 26 March 1901 to Reykjavik. Oval 5 aur dull green III printing 1898 tied by grotesque ‘DYRAFJÖRDUR 26/3’ with receiving cds ‘REYKJAVIK 29.3.1901’ struck on front. Domestic postcard rate 5 aur from December 1879 – 15.10.1917.

40 aur light-liac II printing perforation 14 x 13½, cancelled with DANISH grotesque type cds ‘KJØBENHAVN.III 4/7 1POST’ – Extremely beautiful stamp and maybe the best cancelled copy of this printing.

10 aur carmine, colour proof on imperforate thin paper without watermark, pair with full corner sheet margin.

16 aur brown, colour proof on imperforate thin paper without watermark, pair with full corner sheet margin.

20 aur violett (light), colour proof on imperforate thin paper without watermark, pair with full corner sheet margin.

40 aur green, colour proof on imperforate thin paper without watermark, pair with full corner sheet margin.

8 sk. lilac, colour proof on imperforate thin paper without watermark, with full corner sheet margin.

10 aur Pjónustu, ultramarine, colour proof on imperforate thin paper without watermark, pair with full corner sheet margin.

20 aur Pjónustu, green, colour proof on imperforate thin paper without watermark, pair with full corner sheet margin.

40 aur lilac 1891, III printing. Cancelled with cds 'akureyri 8/7'. SUPERB.

Letter from Arnarfjördur 17 August 1897 to Teignmouth, England. 20 aur oval type perforation 12 3/4, II printing. Cancelled with crown cancel 'ARNARFJÖRDUR' alongside LAP 'DYRAFJÖRDUR 17/8', backstamped 'EDINBURGH AU 29 97' and 'TEIGNMOUTH AU30 97'. 20 Aur UPU letter rate, correct franking.

Letter sent from Reykjavik to Birmingham 30 April 1901, bearing a 20 aur blue II. printing 1898 tied by swiss-type CDS “Reykjavik”. On reverse Edinburgh transit and Birmingham receiving mark. One short perf. tooth at lower right corner.

5 aur BRJEFSPJALD sent from Reykjavik to Berlin 17 July 1898, with additional franking 5 aur perf 12 3/4, Edinburgh transit mark and receiving mark Berlin on front, re-addressed in Berlin. Forerunner for picture postcards, with photograph affixed on reverse.

5 aur postal stationery sent from Reykjavik to Wilwaukee Wisconsin USA on 28 September 1898, additional franked with 5 aur perf 12 3/4 II. printing. Map of Iceland printed on reverse, three such stationeries recorded to Iceland.